Patents Assigned to Delphi Technologies
  • Ball grid array packaged camera device soldered to a substrate
    Patent number: 9231124
    Abstract: An assembly that attaches a ball grid array (BGA) packaged camera device to a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate is provided. The assembly includes a spacer between the device and the substrate. The spacer is configured to prevent excessive collapse of solder balls located between the device and the substrate during reflow of the solder balls. The spacer includes one of solder mask, tape, and/or legend ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Binghua Pan, Yew Kwang Low, Sim Ying Yong
  • Radar sensor antenna with anti-reflection element
    Patent number: 9231310
    Abstract: An antenna for a radar sensor includes an emitter element, a receiver element, and an anti-reflection element. The emitter element is configured to direct the emitted signal along a boresight that intersects a fascia. The receiver element is configured to detect a reflected signal reflected by an object located beyond the fascia. The anti-reflection element is configured to reduce reflection by the antenna of an early-reflection portion reflected by the fascia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Purden, Shawn Shi
  • Haptic control device including a seal
    Patent number: 9229531
    Abstract: Haptic control device that includes a tactile panel mounted movably relative to a support including a peripheral wall, characterized by the fact that a seal is arranged on the periphery of the tactile panel in an annular space situated between the tactile panel and the peripheral wall of the support, the seal including: an inner portion in tight contact with the tactile panel, an outer portion in tight contact with the peripheral wall of the support, and a connecting portion that extends between the inner portion and the outer portion and is elastically deformable so as to absorb the relative displacements of the tactile panel relative to the peripheral wall of the support without removing the haptic effect produced by the movements of the tactile panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Cordier, Yannick Molard
  • Vehicle seat occupant detection device with an adjustable threshold
    Patent number: 9228882
    Abstract: A vehicle seat occupant detection device with an adjustable threshold is provided. The device includes a sensor, a spring, and an adjuster. The sensor is configured to indicate a first state when a seat is not occupied and a second state when the seat is occupied. The spring is configured to urge the sensor toward the first state. The adjuster is coupled to the spring. The adjuster is operable to vary a force threshold that the device transitions from the first state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott L. Ruby
  • Occupant detection device with temperature compensation
    Patent number: 9227526
    Abstract: An occupant detection device for a vehicle seat is provided. The device includes a sensor and a spring. The sensor is configured to indicate a first state when a seat is not occupied and a second state when the seat is occupied. The spring is configured to urge the sensor toward the first state. The spring is also configured to provide a return force that varies with a temperature of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard P. Sickon, Gary M. Sobek
  • ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE MITIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150336463
    Abstract: A system and method to mitigate electromagnetic interference generated by a source resonator of a wireless charging system is presented. The system includes a receiver that configured to receive a wireless charging signal transmitted by the source resonator, a phase shifter in communication with the receiver and configured to generate a canceling signal that is 180° out of phase with the wireless charging signal currently received by the receiver, and a transmitter in communication with the phase shifter and configured to electromagnetically transmit the canceling signal, thereby canceling at least a portion of the wireless charging signal. The canceling signal being at the same frequency and 180° out of phase interferes with the charging signal to reduce or eliminate electromagnetic interference in the vicinity of the vehicle being charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: RICHARD J. BOYER, JOHN F. HEFFRON
  • SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH TIME-MULTIPLEXED COMMUNICATION FROM SPOT BEAM DEFINED SUB-REGIONS
    Publication number: 20150341109
    Abstract: A communication system includes a satellite and a ground station. The satellite is configured to preferentially receive signals from each of a plurality of sub-regions within a region of communication of the satellite. The ground station is configured to determine a location of the ground station, determine in which of the sub-regions that the ground station resides based on the location, and transmit a signal to the satellite during a time-interval assigned to the sub-region. The ground stations time-multiplex the transmission of signals from various ground stations to the satellite based on which sub-region of the larger region (e.g. the continental United States or CONUS) that the ground station resides. The time multiplexing is such that ground stations in one region are not transmitting signals to the satellite during the same time interval as ground stations in adjacent sub-regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: ERIC A. DiBIASO
  • CONDUCTOR HARNESS ASSEMBY HAVING A FLEXIBLE SHEATH
    Publication number: 20150329069
    Abstract: A conductor harness assembly having a main trunk that branches into a first and second branch and a unitary sheath that is formed of a flexible material. A first, second, and third portion of the sheath is circumferentially wrapped about the main trunk, the first branch and the second branch respectively. The sheath may be formed of a woven cloth material, a thermoelastic material, or a combination of the two. The sheath may include attachment features such as barbed pins formed integrally with the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: JAMES D. DAUGHERTY, DAVID R. PETERSON, RITA P. ROWE
  • RADAR SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED MULTI-TARGET DISCRIMINATION
    Publication number: 20150331086
    Abstract: A includes a plurality of antennas and a controller. Each antenna is configured to detect a reflected radar signal reflected by an object in a field-of-view of the system. The controller is configured to receive an antenna signal from each antenna corresponding to the reflected radar signal detected by the antenna. The controller is also configured to determine a reflected signal profile of each antenna signal. The controller is also configured to determine a composite data set based on a combination of the reflected signal profiles. The controller is also configured to determine if the composite data set includes a composite data point characterized as greater than a composite threshold. The controller is also configured to determine if any of the reflected signal profiles indicate that the radar signal is reflected by more than one object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: ALEBEL ARAGE HASSEN
  • Rotary switch with push function
    Patent number: 9190224
    Abstract: A switch assembly that includes the coaxial assembly of a cylindrical core extending from a base to a distal end, an outer knob rotatable about the core, a switching means generating an electrical signal dependent on the rotations of the knob, and a guiding means for guiding the knob in its motions relative to the core. The guiding means includes an upper-guide in the vicinity of the core-end and the knob-top, and a lower-guide in the vicinity of the core-base and the knob-base. The upper-guide includes elements rolling between an upper-guide inner race integral to the core and an upper-guide outer race integral to the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrzej Polak
  • Antenna with fifty percent overlapped subarrays
    Patent number: 9190739
    Abstract: An antenna suitable for use as a phased array antenna of a radar system. The antenna includes a plurality of radiating elements, and a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) configured to form a feed network to couple energy from a plurality of inputs to the radiating elements. The feed network includes over-moded waveguide couplers configured so energy propagates through an over-moded section in multiple modes, TE10 and TE20 modes for example. The feed network also defines sub-arrays configured such that half of the radiators of a sub-group are shared with an adjacent sub-group of an adjacent sub-array, i.e. the sub-arrays are configured to have 50% overlap. Preferably, the feed-network is formed about a single layer of substrate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Shi
  • Fuel injector control system and component for piecewise injector signal generation
    Patent number: 9188074
    Abstract: A system and component for generating a drive signal suitable to operate a fuel injector. The drive signal includes one or more injector pulses. Each injector pulse is characterized by a desired pulse profile. The system includes an injector driver and a controller. The injector driver is operable to apply a supply voltage to the fuel injector. The controller is configured to store a plurality of state definitions that determine an operation state of the injector driver when a selected definition of the plurality of state definitions is communicated to the injector driver. The controller is further configured to receive a sequence of state values that determine an order that the state definitions are communicated to the injector driver to generate piecewise an injector pulse exhibiting the pulse profile, and thereby generate the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gordon D. Cheever, Jr., Daniel C. Penrod
  • VARIABLE GAIN REFERENCE ANTENNA FOR NON-CONTACT CHARGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150314688
    Abstract: A non-contact charging device for charging a battery includes a source resonator, a reference antenna, and a variable gain amplifier. The source resonator is configured to transfer electrical energy to a capture resonator in a vehicle. The reference antenna is configured to detect a reference signal originating from the source resonator. The reference antenna is configured to be less sensitive to a presence of a foreign object than a foreign object detection (FOD) antenna proximate to the reference antenna. The variable gain amplifier is configured to amplify a reference signal from the reference antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: GARY R. THOMPSON
  • FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTOR FOR NON-CONTACT CHARGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150314689
    Abstract: A non-contact charging device for charging a battery in a vehicle includes a source resonator, and a foreign object detector. The source resonator is configured to transfer electrical energy to a capture resonator in a vehicle. The foreign object detector is configured to detect a foreign object proximate to the source resonator. The foreign object detector includes a vertical antenna configured to detect a foreign object above the source resonator, and a horizontal antenna configured to detect a foreign object beside the source resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: JEFFREY MICHAEL HICKOX, GARY R. THOMPSON
  • Manifold bending support
    Patent number: 9174266
    Abstract: A bending support having a planar bracing member with a length (L) that is substantially equal to that of the inner diameter (I.D.) of the manifold header that the bending support is ultimately inserted in. Extending perpendicularly from a surface of the bracing member is a pair of bracketing members. The pair of bracketing member and the portion of the planar bracing member therebetween defines a refrigerant conduit clip. The interior surface of the refrigerant conduit clip includes a skived pattern defining a plurality of teeth or protrusions that aids in the attachment of the refrigerant conduit clip onto an internal refrigerant conduit. An aperture located on the planar bracing member between the pair of bracketing member provides an unobstructed path for refrigerant flow to the refrigerant conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald R. Pautler
  • Connector having a housing with a first tooth system actuated by a second tooth system on a lever
    Patent number: 9178307
    Abstract: A connector system having a first connector and a second connector. The first and the second connector are moveable relative to one another along an axis in order to connect and disconnect the contacts of the first connector and the second connector. The first connector has a lever mounted at the pivot point and is pivotal around an angle. The lever has a surface extending in the circumferential direction and which extends substantially through the essentially along the same angle. The surface has a first planar section and a second section having a radially extending tooth system. The lever is movable from a first, second, and third position. The housing of the second connector has a complementary tooth system. The tooth systems become engaged when the lever is moved from the second to third position, thus moving the first connector and the second connector toward one another along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Necdet Papurcu, Joerg Schattling, Andreas Weidemeyer
  • DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE OCCUPANT DETECTION
    Publication number: 20150308885
    Abstract: An occupant detection system is configured to classify an object that resides on a seat of a vehicle. The system includes a first bladder, a second bladder, and a differential pressure sensor. The first bladder is configured to be disposed in a central area of a seat. The second bladder is configured to be disposed in a peripheral area of the seat. The differential pressure sensor is fluidicly coupled to the first bladder and the second bladder in a manner effective to determine a pressure difference between a first pressure of the first bladder and a second pressure of the second bladder. In one configuration, the first bladder and the second bladder are configured so the pressure difference when a person sits on the seat is greater than the pressure difference when a child-seat occupies the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: DENNIS P. GRIFFIN, ANDREW H. CURTIS
  • Lightweight audio system for automotive applications and method
    Patent number: 9173332
    Abstract: A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material molded to provide details to accept audio devices and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical control and display. The case and frontal interface are of composite structure, including an insert molded electrically conductive wire mesh screen that has been pre-formed to contour with the molding operation. The wire mesh provides shielding and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips. The PCB architecture is bifurcated into a first board carrying common circuit components in a surface mount configuration suitable for high volume production, and a second board carrying application specific circuit components in a wave soldered stick mount configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vineet Gupta, Joseph K. Huntzinger, Michael G. Coady, Curtis Allen Stapert, Kevin Earl Meyer, Timothy D. Garner, Jeffrey T. Bell, Robert L. Vadas, Donald G. Moeschberger, Rick L. Hatcher, Quan N. Nguyen
  • Connector assembly with spring operated secondary lock
    Patent number: 9172183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector assembly comprising a plug connector and a spring operated secondary lock, being arranged movable on the plug connector housing between an open position and a locked position. The connector is further provided with tension springs, which are tensioned when the secondary lock is moved from the locked to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bartlomiej Siwek, Pawel Lesniak
  • Heating and cooling system for occupants of the rear portion of a vehicle
    Patent number: 9168810
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is configured for use in a vehicle. A first air moving device blowing air through a heat exchanger provides a first airstream having a first temperature to a second air moving device configured to generate a second airstream having a second temperature that is different from the first temperature. The second airstream is a mixture of the first airstream and cabin air that is drawn from a rear portion of the vehicle cabin. The second air moving device may be disposed in the rear portion of the vehicle. The HVAC system further includes a nozzle that is configured to direct the second airstream toward an occupant in the rear portion of the vehicle cabin to provide spot conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Debashis Ghosh, Mingyu Wang, Prasad S. Kadle